California police would be barred from uploading sexual assault victims’ DNA profiles into criminal databases under legislation introduced Monday in the state Senate.
The Genetic Privacy for Sexual Assault Victims Act (S.B. 1228), would prohibit police from retaining victims’ DNA in a searchable database for any purpose other than identifying the perpetrator. The bill would protect survivors’ privacy and constitutional rights and encourage them to report sexual violence, backers said.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in Feburary announced that the San Francisco Police Department had used DNA taken from a sexual assault victim to link that victim to a ...
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